I know you can do the double browser trick on Citbank / AA
But are there other cards , Airline / Hotel cards where this will also work also

I am a bit of a Newbie..........maybe 6 cards in the last 6 months

The following are general rules given your credit score is sufficient.

Citi = virtually any combinations as long as both cards are not exactly identical (same card, different terms OK)
Amex = two cards allowed in 6 months (can be shorter), no need to use two brower trick
Chase = Two broser tricks wouldn't work but can get 2 cards if you call reconsideration
BOA = Most of their cards can be churned

Some people (in the following thread) report being able to do it on this Citi hotel card:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...nors-visa.html

However, it's less necessary in that case, because it has a spend requirement, and meanwhile (unlike the AA cards) you can "fast churn" it (at least a few times a year), so unless you need so many Hilton HHonors points in a hurry, it may be "safer" to apply for one at a time but repeat after a few months, than to try to do two at a time.

And btw, Hilton HHonors is one of those rare programs that has cards from two different banks. So without any Citi duplication, you can get two HHonors cards, by getting one from Citi and the other from Amex! (The Amex HHonors card can't be churned the way the Citi HHonors Visa can be. But the Amex earns more points in actual use, so it's the one you'd want to keep if you want to collect HHonors points through ongoing spend, including when staying at their hotels.)

Also note that there are reports of some Citi cards having inquiries pulled by different entities, which means you'll get two separate pulls even with double browser trick. Same with BOA.

I tried to do the double browser trick with the US Bank LanPass Visa on Tuesday of this week. I did not get instant approval on either card, so the jury is still out. I will post results after I've worked with them on reconsideration.

I tried to call but they said it was too early.

Anita

Forgive me if I'm deluded here, but I thought the entire point of a "trick" was to fly under the radar and pull off something that might not otherwise be pulled off.

Wouldn't calling generally defeat this purpose?

I thought the idea of the Two Browser Trick was that you could get 2 cards for the price of one credit inquiry. It is most effective with AA cards since you can normally only get one personal AA card every 18 months, unless you apply for 2 on the same day. If you use the same browser for both applications, one is sometimes cancelled as a duplicate application.

You can apply for 2 Citi Premier Thank You Point cards in one day for 100,000 points, or 2 Citi Hilton Honors Visas for 100,000 Hilton points. This will work even if you don't apply on the same day, except you will get 2 inquiries. I think Citi limits most people to 2 approvals every 60 or 90 days.

With Citi AA cards, the two browser trick is not necessary. 2 apps for me and 2 apps for my wife, all consecutive and all in one browser. The more appropriate title should be "two consecutive apps trick" but that doesn't have the same ring to it.

I understand though a few people have a cookie problem with submitting two cons. apps, hence the apply, clear cookies, and reapply in a different browser for good measure.

+1 ^^

The 'two browser trick' was used only due to people having issues with cookies left over the the previous application. I personally have never used the 'two browser trick' when I apply for my Citicards.

That said, as a habit one should always apply for 2 cards from the same issuer at one time, especially if you get instant approval on the first. The bureau's merge identical inquiries on the same day to a single one.

The rule with Citi is most can get 2 personal cards every 60 days, so, apply for them on the same day and save yourself the additional inquiry.

I apply the same strategy with Chase and AMEX (although they don't have a 60 day rule per say). When I got the instant approval on the 70K Marriott offer with Chase, I immediately went and applied for the 80K PC card. At first I got denied, but, upon calling reconsideration was then approved. Net result, 2 cards for only 1 inquiry.

Same held for AMEX when wife got approved on PRG offer. Told her to quickly (using my referral of course) go and apply for SPG. Net result, 2 cards, 1 inquiry.

The '2-browser-trick' is not something to help you 'trick' Citi into giving you another card, it's only used because some people have cookie issues when applying for multiple cards at the same time with Citi, and the cookie from the previous application remains, and thus an identical application is submitted when it was not intended. In other words what happens is someone applies for an AA Visa, and then immediately after applies for an AA AMEX, but, due to cookie issues Citi ends up receiving two applications for AA Visa (the second application in effect is never received, only a duplicate of the first), and then in most cases Citi denies the 'duplicate' application.

I reiterate again. Using 2 browsers is not 'tricking' Citi into giving you a second Citi card, you are already allowed 2 every 60 days. The only fine print is Citi limits the AAdvantage cards (some say 18 months, but it only took 11 for me to get approved for 2 again), and, if they receive 2 applications at the same time, they'll let you have 2 AAdvantage cards, if you wait a few days, they won't let you have the second. As far as any other Citi card goes, it's 2 every 60 days (for most people).

Your 'two browser trick' has as much effect into 'tricking' Citi into giving you 2 cards at once as my dropping rose petals on my keyboard and dancing the Irish Jig prior to applying. But, hey, if I got 2 Citi cards after using those rose petals and dancing the Irish Jig, then this must be the 'trick' to getting two approved applications at once, right?

If you clear cookies, you probably don't need another browser (and vice-verse).

Truly, the real trick part of the two browser trick is Citi will give you a second personal card, despite the "first time cardmembers" rule, by applying for a second personal card on the same day. It has been been verified if you wait as little as a day to apply for the second card, you won't get it due to the first time clause.

I've received more than 2 cards in 6 months. More than once I've applied for 2 AMEX cards (pers & biz) and received both, no problem.

As jcmitchel said, it's not about getting 2 cards, it's about getting 2 of the SAME card, that you couldn't normally do. The important part is applying the same day.

Wrong, that is not what he said, he said:

And he is correct, you are not.

Thus, if you're using a two browser trick to fool citi into giving you two cards, I will assert to you that you can also use the rose petal and Irish Jig trick instead and have equal, if not more success.

All that may be technically true, but for the average person, it is way easier to understand how to use two browser types than how to clear all the Citi AA cookies correctly and yet have both apps up at the same time, both filled out, and both ready to hit Submit one after the other.

I don't want to clear all my cookies, ie even ones not related to Citi AA apps. So to me a "you can just clear all your cookies" is not a solution. And a more fine-tuned solution about cookie clearing is more steps than (for example) starting up Firefox and starting up IE at the same time.

Furthermore, the instructions for clearing of cookies -- fine-tuned or not -- is browser-specific, but the instructions to use any two different browser types is not browser-specific or even platform specific.

That is why many of us recommend the two-browser trick for that. It's a simple way, no matter what you know or don't kinow about cookies, no matter what platfrom you're using, no matter whether you fill out both apps before you hit Submit or not, to avoid problems. So it's an easy "single solution" to publish.

I had a CITI AAdvantage (50,000 bonus miles) card in the past (received it in about May 2010, closed it April 2011). So, I could apply again, let's say in November (which would be about 18 months after my first application) and if I get approved for the card I probably would get the 50,000 bonus miles again (despite the "for first-time cardholders only" stipulation)?